Bhagavad Gita Quotes On Karma [patched] • Genuine & Latest

In a fertile valley divided by a great river, there lived two farmers: Arjun and Vikram. Both were hardworking, but their hearts worked very differently.

One year, the rain was late. The ground was cracked, and the sun was merciless. The village elder announced, “If we do not dig a canal from the river to our fields within two weeks, the harvest will fail.”

Vikram smiled gently. “Brother, I did not dig for the spring. I dug because it was the right action to take. The Gita teaches us: ‘Karmanye vadhikaraste, ma phaleshu kadachana’ — You have a right to your action, but never to its fruits.” bhagavad gita quotes on karma

On the tenth day, a strange thing happened. As Vikram dug, he struck a layer of porous rock. Water—not from rain, but from an underground spring—began to seep into the canal. Slowly at first, then in a steady, cool stream. By the twelfth day, the spring water reached Vikram’s field and began flowing toward the village well.

Vikram, however, simply picked up his shovel and walked to the riverbank. His neighbor asked, “Why are you digging? You don’t know if the rains will come. You don’t know if the canal will work. You might fail.” In a fertile valley divided by a great

Arjun rushed to his own shovel, but it was too late. The spring had found its path through Vikram’s canal. Arjun’s field, which he had refused to work on without a guarantee, remained dry.

That evening, a dejected Arjun sat with Vikram under the banyan tree. “You were lucky,” Arjun said bitterly. “You found a spring.” The ground was cracked, and the sun was merciless

Halfway through his work, a neighbor came running. “Arjun! A herd of wild goats has broken through the fence on the north side. Your young saplings are being destroyed!”